Dirk Heidemann

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Dirk Heidemann
Dirk Heidemann, 2008
Born	18 April 1961 Berlin, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Dance Coach, Choreographer and author
Known for	professional dancing and fashion modelling

Dirk Heidemann (born 18 April 1961 in Berlin) is a former professional ballroom dancer, fashion model, now author, dance sport coach and choreographer from Germany.^[1] He can look back on several years of experience in the various fields of dancing.

In former years Dirk Heidemann won the national youth championships several times and was runner-up to the German Latin-American championships. At the age of 17, he switched to professional dancing, and in 1993 he reached the world championship final in the Freestyle World Cup in Latin American dancing.

He is trainer of several world champion pairs, and as trainer of the official German Dancesport Federation (DTV) trainer team, he trained Christoph Kies and Blanca Ribas Turón^[2] to become world champions in the category of 10-dance (Standard and Latin) three times.

Since 1999 he has had a leading position in the Chinese "Danceworld". He was one of the most popular choreographers and art directors for the Presentation-Shows of China during the 2008 Olympic Games. His dancesport-musical The Red Skirt^[1] with members of the Beijing Dance Academy was a big success in 2001 and was copied several times. Dirk Heidemann has appeared in more than ten talk and news shows on China Central Television (CCTV).

Between 2006 and 2010, Dirk Heidemann was choreographer in two German casting-shows (You Can Dance, on Sat.1,^[3] German Idol (Deutschland sucht den Superstar)^[4] on RTL).

Among the dancing scene, he is regarded as a style-icon and a fashion model with a particularly creative mind. He has authored articles on dancing contests, works as the German national youth trainer in Latin American Dancing and is Professor for competitive dancing at the Sports University of Zheng Zhou, China.

He lives in Berlin.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Marcel Krebs (2007). "Dirk Heidemann". Sportheute. http://reportagen.sport-heute.ch/archive_3/437812/142488f67.html. Retrieved 2010-04-07. 
2. ^ "Perfekt verschieden". Der Tagesspiegel. 2008-11-24. http://www.tagesspiegel.de/zeitung/Sonderthemen;art893,2667931. Retrieved 2010-04-07. 
3. ^ Ulrike Sander-Reis (2006-11-29). "Kahdjeh-Nouri und Heidemann choreografieren für "You can dance"". Deutscher Tanzsportverband e.V.. http://www.tanzsport.de/news/index.php?nwaction=shownews&nwmode=archiv&nwpassword=&nwlogin=&showtopic=&newsmonth=200611. Retrieved 2010-04-07. 
4. ^ Annette Kögel (2009). "Der Mann hinter den Superstars". Der Tagesspiegel. http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/Stadtleben-DSDS-Dirk-Heidemann;art125,2741715. Retrieved 2010-04-07. 

External links

• Dirk Heidemann’s Website

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Name	Heidemann, Dirk
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Short description	German dancer and choreographer
Date of birth	18 April 1961
Place of birth	Berlin, Germany
Date of death
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